Tame draw at Bambalapitiya

By Richard Dwight

27 February 1997


What could have otherwise been an interesting finish, was dampened by Ananda's late declaration in their cricket encounter against St. Peter's, which ended in a tame draw at Bambalapitiya yesterday. St. Peter's having to make 215 for victory in 17 overs were 75 for 2 at the close.

St. Peters, continuing from their overnight score of 47 for 2 in reply to Ananda's 181, were at one stage 100 for 4 - But on losing two more wickets in scoring 126, conceding a 55 run lead, St. Peter's made a very positive declaration with their lunchtime score of 126 for 6.

Ananda, who commenced their second innings after lunch found run making difficult, having lost three early wickets for 28 and made slow progress to be 65 for 4.

However a purposeful fifth wicket partnership of 75 runs between Jitendra Perera and Handunetti saw the score prosper to 140 for 5, with Perera contributing an attractive 52 Ananda eventually declared well past tea time, with their score at 159 for 5 leaving St. Peter's to make 215 for victory in 17 overs. St. Peter's made use of the token declaration to score 75 for 2 with Nandika Herath scoring 41.

Ananda 181 for 9 and 159 for 5 (J. Perera 52, E. Handunetti 37 n.o. R. Ranasinghe 14, T. Kandamby 12 n.o., I. Sonal 2 for 41, M. Warnapura 2 for 46.

St. Peters 47 for 2 contd) 126 for 6 (M. Warnapura 33, G. De Alwis 30, M. Perera 15, T. Fonseka 28 n.o., S. Rupasinghe 1 for 26 M. Jayawardene 2 for 42, C. Dharmapala 1 for 19 and 75 for 2 N. Herath 41, M. Perera 18 n.o. C. Dharmapala 1 for 16 S. Rupesinghe 1 for 18.


Source: The Daily News

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